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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25
COUNTY NOTES.
FROM REGISTER REPORTERS
What is Being Done Throughout the
county-Events and Gossip
of the Week.
Carlyle Correspondence.

Hon. T. II Funston came home from WASH
ington last Thursday, looking as though W.,
is good winter resort.
Mr.. Elmer Remsburg spent Sunday with
friends in this neighborhoOd.
Carlyle School closed friday of last wee0
Mrs. VIM. Vesie Taught, and gave general sat :
isfactiOn.
Maple Grove school began last Monday unisr
care Of Mr.. Howard Powers.
Charley Moore left the first of this week. for
some place east, unknown, to US at present.
The school board of Maple Grove met one day
last week aud made few necessary repairs
Some Of our farmers intended to plant corn
this week. Wonder II the cool wave of Satur-
day did not chill their arlor some
Farmers of this vicinity celebrated: St. Pat
rici's Day by planting potatoes and garden
corn. IN. PRCT.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25
AFASCINATING BOOK.

In 4 course of reading that has EN-
braced a fairly wide range we remem-
Der but few books that have had as
much interest for US as Ben Perley
Poore's "Reminiscences" which we
have just finished. The author is a
journalist who has lived all of his long
life in Washington and by virtue Of
his profession has had his finger con.
stantly on the pulse Of public affairs
and has seen and known every prom
inent man that came to Washington,
from John Quincy Adams to Grover
Cleveland. For sixty years he has
made it his business to closely observe
and accurately report every move on
the political and social chess board Of
the Capitol city, the comedy and trag.
edy of the drama constantly playing
there and the manners and manner.
isms of the players. Nothing has e..
capped him. He remembers the min
utest details OF the political intrigues
that preceded and followed every pres
idential election, the personal appear
ance and the peculiarities of dress and
speech and manner of the Presidents
and the men they gathered about
them, the personal habits of Supreme
judges and Senators and Representa-
tives, the stormy scenes that the de-
bates OH the slavery question made ia
miliar ON the floor of both Houses, the
affairs CT honor that demanded .life for
a word" the entertainments that
were given by the rich, the scheming
for social preferment, even the dresses
that the ladies wore on great occasions
all these things and innumerable
others the veteran author remembers
and narrates with a charming direct
ness and simplicity. The book is writ
ten with the ease Of a practiced journ.
alist and reads as though the words
had been taken down as the author
spoke them to few friends around his
own fireside.
But the book needs to be read to be |
appreciated. No description will do it |
justice. No one who wants to know
all that can be know about the great |
men and the great moments ofour his.
tory can afford to be without it. We
hope, particularly, that it will soon
find its way to the shelves of our city
Library. 1t ID publishsd jp twt bsud. |
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25
E BROTHERS, 3 Doors West of Pc

Colledge at Emporia, 10 at home for few days
vacation.
, Marshal Spawr who has been assisting Mr..
Baker at the depot, left for Wichita last Fri
day night.
DIR. WagOnseller, Of Pennsylvania is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. NJ. L. Snyder
The Osages voted down the X. r. Bonds last
week. This makes the second time and yet they
are not satisfied kincaid wants them to try
1t again. kinca i'd knows her cake is dough il
Usage does not vote the bonds.
Although Moran is not building much this
spring there 10 spirit OF improvement abroad
which is helping the looks OF our town great
deal, quite number of our citizens have put
mp neat picket fences around their premises
On last Wednesday We had the pleasure Of
looking through the herd Of HOlstien cattle
lately shipped in by N. L. Snyees 4 Bro. They
are the first Of that breed that we ever saw. and
confess that was greatly surprised. Instead
Of herd of long, lank aud bouy COWS. we found
a. nice, smooth and oecfy lot Of cows as it ever
was our good pleasure t. look through. The
cows are mostly young and } year-olds, vet
some OF them weighing nearly I,70O pounds.
Mr.. s., called my attention to one cow thatf
hada milk record running through month, o
81 pounds OF milk per day. one twO-year-Old
heller lie giving Gaily average of65 pounds OF
milk daily, and he states that he would match
some Of his cows against any Aldernny in the
county. The herd consists of q head all regis
istered and II Of them are imported, the i'm
ported bull, Tekowoska stands at the head of
the herd and is q magnificent animal not yet
three years old and weighs 2 900 pounds. Ia
ken as "a whole we pronounce 1t very fne herd
and one that every citizen OF Allen county
should be proud Of, We confess to prejudice
for the short horn cattle. but after looking at
his herd our preferences ara q little undecid-
Cd with leaning towards the black and spotted
cattle. for beef producers they certainly are the
best breed Of any breeds, ond As mixers they
have no equals. And would just say to tn ose
30 or a big mixers that were blowing SO loud
2 years ago had better lay low AMI keep quiet
Or the Snyder's will milk you under SO deep
that you will be shamed OF your old scrub
cows.
Mrs. Burnett is very eick and is..not expected
to live.
Mr.. Walter Lee is travelling for whole sale
tobacco house.
Mr.. Day, of Deer Croekhas moved into town
and he will occupy W. d. Mathews house. se
will be engaged in selling heat fender.
PENCIL.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25

r A Haines W Maud E Jarvis judg-
ment that plff recover land in cOntrO.
versy and $500 damages.
State Va VIM Johnson, nolle pros.
State VS. John 6troh, verdict Of not
guilty.
Horace Young VS. Wallace Young,
referred to II d Dickson.
Will A Smith VS. H M Burtis, refer.
red to A g Lapham.
Paul Fisher VS. John Roderick, set
tied.
Walter Croker vs. s X by, judgment
for plff for $2,654.S8.
s q Isett We 8 X Ry on trial.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-03-25
Moran 1stfnna.

Mr.. W. T. Strong received 100 Carp fsh last
Monday with which he will stock his pond, We
wish him success.
watst JSw3. . nuadAt Il III PstSuytShsu
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
RALEIGH, N. c., DECEMBER 10, 1887.

enterprise is of no benefit, because
outsiders are selling equally as cheap,
or say perhaps cents cheaper and
thus those who should be friends of
the enterprise are often found to be
It's enemies on account of lack of in
formation as to existing circumstances
prior to it's establishment; hence the
necessity for this determined and last
ing effort, and need of long pull and
strong pull together.
1t is the duty of the members of
the order who understand these things
to impress them upon those who do
not. We should remember that it is
our duty to patronize all of our efforts,
even if other stores at that time are
selling equally as low or lower, because
they can we'll afford to lose money to
crowd our enterprise to the wall, in
which if they succeed, they will be
enabled to make prices that will COM
pensate them for the losses. There
fore, brethren, in conclusion [ would
say, where you inaugurate co-opera-
tive enterprise do SO with the determ
ination to stick to them through thick
and thin, no matter at what parties
sell the same commodities, you may
reasonably expect success. Go in on
the principle and determination to
succeed, but if you simply 60 in to
make what there is to be made on
your immediate purchase and bite at
the first bate offered by the opposition,
you would do better to let them alone
and not invest in them at all.
c. w MACuNE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
HIGH MANURING.

The venerable Peter Henderson
thinks manuring cannot be overdone,
and says: 1t is great blunder to at
tempt to grow vegetable crops without
the use of manures of the various
kinds. [ never yet saw soils of any
kind that had borne a crop of vegeta
bles that would produce as good crop
the next season without the use of
manure no matter how rich the soil
may be thought to be. An illustra-
ton of this came under my observation
last season. One of my neighbors, a
market gardener of twenty years e1-
perience, and whose grounds have
been a perfect model of productive
ness, had it in prospect to run sixty
foot street through his grounds. Think
ing his land sufficiently rich to carry
through crop of cabbages without
manure, he thought it useless to waste
money by using guano on that portion
on which the street was to be, but on
each side he sowed guano at the rate
$4,000 pounds to the acre, and planted
the Whole With early cabbages. The
effect was the most marked [ ever
saw. That portion on which the guano
had been used sold off readily at $12
per hundred or about 81, 400 per acre,
both price and crop being more than
the average; but the portion from
which the guanno has been withheld
hardly averaged So per hundred. The
street occupied fully an acre of ground,
SO that my friend actually lost over
81, ,050 in crop by withholding $50 for
manure. Another neighbor, with a
lease onl y one year to run, also un-
wisely concluded it would be foolish
to waste manure on his last crop, and
so planted and sowed all without. The
result was, as his experience should
have taught him, crop of inferior
quality in every article grown and loss
on his eight acres of probably $4,000
for that season-National Stochnaan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15

ence of the town and not to become
counter-skippers indulging in the
luxury of straight backs adorned with
black coats, but to stay home and re-
main clod-hoppers with coats off and
arms made bare, and to learn and
labor truly and to acquire an honest
living in that state Of life which it has
pleased God to call them. Our reply
to some of the foregoing statements is
that we are not at all times exactly
pleased with the state Of things with
which we are occasionally brought in
contact, if we should make our dissat-
faction known, then it is that we are
dubbed with the epithet of 'tgrumbler."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL
FARMERS ALLIANCE UPON
CONGRESS.

Below we print in full the demands
made by the National Farmers ALI
ance in convention at Shreveport
They are sound to the core and show
in ringing language the more impor-
tant purposes of this great body, and
the ends they propose to achieve.
This body was composed of farmers
representing all the Southern States,
and the resolutions appended were
passed unanimously,
Resolved, That we the National
Farmers Alliance and Cooperative
Union of America, in convention as
sembled, advocate and endorse the fol-
lowing principles as in accord with the
sentiments and demands of the tillers
of the soil:
lst. We demand, first, the recogni-
ton, by incorporation, of trades,
unions, cooperative stores and such
thoer associations as may be organized
by the industrial classes to improve
their financial condition, or promote
their general welfare.
I'd We demand that the all public
lands be held in small bodies, not ex-
ceeding three hundred and twenty
acres to each purchaser, for actual set
tiers, on easy terms of payment.
Sd. That large bodies of land held
by private individuals or corporations,
shall be assessed for taxation, at such
rates as they are offered to purchasers,
on credit of one, two and three years,
in bodies of one hundred and sixty
acres or less.
4th That whereas, large bodies of
our public lands, have been sold to
foreign capitalists, thus tending to the
establishment of a landed aristocracy
in this country, similar to that which
has reduced the people of Ireland, and
other monarchical Governments, to
condition Of abject serfdom; we de-
mand the passage of laws forbidding
the ownership of lands, by aliens, whose
allegiance belongs to other nations
and that the public domain be held as
the heritage Of aur own people and our
children after us.
5th. That all lands forfeitable by
railroads OR other corporations, imme-
diately revert to the government and
be declared open for purchase by actual
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
PLAIN WORDS FROM A PLAIN
FARMER.

We clip the following from point
edly written article in the Gold Leaf
by Vance county farmer
The farmers as a class ought to feel
more self importance, higher dignity,
and more consequence than any other
member of animated beings seeing
that they are not only distinguished
and honored by being placed on the
proud pinnacle of the universe, but
are acknowledged to be the founda-
ton, the substantial and unbending
pillar, supporting all that this sublu-
nary world contains. They are con-
tinually being complimented by the
general literature and the public press,
as well as from other good meaning
sources. Even science has of late
stopped from her lofty perch to tender
her compliments, and to say that of
all occupations known to man, theirs
is the most scientific, honorable, indie
pendent and honest, and therefore
ought to be the most luxurious and
the happiest if not the most remunera
tive calling in which mankind is en-
gagged. They are being constantly
adviced to be very industrious and
energetic, to make hay while the sun
shines, and to take every advantage
of the favorable state of the weather
they are expected to make good and
diversified crops, so that there may be
no complaining in the streets of
scarcity for man or beast with much
solicitude they are advised to pay as
they 60, and of all things to keep out
of debt. Whether this laudable and
we'll meant advice is for their encour-
agement in their arduous and constant
toll, or out of pity to them personally,
since they are the slip-shod, happy 60
lucky creatures that some take them
to be, whose motto is come a-day, 60
a-day, and then come Sunday; wholly
Indifferent to their own or to anybody
else's interest, quite incapable of COM
pretending the true nature OF their
divinely instituted calling; constantly
standing in need of some outside
agency to throw light on their be-
nighted path while groping their way
through the winding and muddy lanes
of drudgery which, to their dark and
untutored intellect, constitutes the
noble system of agriculture. How
much gratitude they are capable Of
manifesting for so much unsolicited
kindness in the shape of well meant
but cheap advice is not exactly known,
very little it is to be feared, as they
have the reputation of being an un-
grateful. dissatisfied constitutional set
of grurnblers, seldom satisfied with
God or man. Their sons are being
continually entreated to keep at safe
distadce from the communicating inf1u-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
GREEN MANURING.
NUMBER 16.

| find that the same complaint of
worn out and impoverished land, pro-
ducing small and improbable crops,
comes from all portions of the United
States. Writers on the subject say
that skinning the land is the cause of
it. The term skinning the land is
defined to mean raising a crop with
or without fertilizers and then taking
off all the vegetable products or burn
ing them off before plowing. In other
words, doing the opposite of growing
crop for the purpose of returning it
to the ground.
President G. X. Adams, of Cornell
University, n. Y, says: look at the
statistics of our Agricultural Depart
ment. In every State, North, South,
East and West, the yield per acre of
all the great crops has been steadily
declining. The American farmer has
impoverished the soil and gone West,
and it is not certain that this process
has yet been arrested. The New
England States have held their own,
not by means of impoverished agricul
ture, but by the general establishment
of manufactures The same process
has been going on, that converted the
fertile lands of Virginia into pine bar
rens. Thousands of acres in the East
ern States have been abandoned as
practically worthless. Ever westward
has been the movement until the cur
rent has come to stop on the slope
of the Pacific and there is no West to
whose virgin soil we may flee. Our
farmers no longer have the alternative
of starving or moving West. They
have the other alternative-the one
which has long confronted the farmers
of the old world-sTARvATIoN, or a
better knowledge of the conditions
under which nature will yield boun-
teous and profitable RETURN
It seems to be settled fact that the
farmers of America have not yet found
out how to obtain large crops, and at
the same time to maintain the original
fertility of the soil.
How can the farmer obtain this
knowledge with the greatest certainty,
and at the least cost of time or money?
Shall he spend his whole life in making
experiments, or shall he by reading
the records of the experience. of other
farmers obtain the advantage of their
experiments also? Farmers must not
be afraid Of such book farming.
In the next article | propose to give
some information regarding the great
damage to the lands of the Southwest
States, caused by burning the stalks
and stubble before plowing, a plan
adopted to save the labor of turning
under the vegetable matter, which is
SO necessary to the life and vigor Of
the land A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS
ALLIANCE.

National Alliance Alfer-
cury, Dallas, Texas.
Alabama-Alhonce Neacs, Calera.
Arkansas-Stote Wheel Enterprise,
Little Rock
Mississippi-zHe Farmer, Winona.
North Carolina PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, Raleigh.
Louisiana-7he Union, Choudrant.
Tennessee and Kentucky-IAe
7oazer, Union City, Tenn.
Free Speech, Beaumont, Texas, of
the counties of Jefferson, Orange,
Tyler, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty.
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-18

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-18

[nnRonrED NJ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
LKAaNHD.

lnERunTKD NJ SPECIAL ooRnnsPOHDENE
PonT TowRaHND, Jan. H.--Tug Tgee
towed 10 Port Gamble today the AmeFi-
cas- bark Sycamore, 1842 tons, Captain
Hansen. twelve daya from San Fran
cisco. Tbs Sycamore loads q return
cargo Of lanbeF.
Tug MoQnl towed 10 poEt Discovery
to-day the BFitiah bark HsFtfoFdshiFe.
at which plaoe she t0ada q cargo Of lum-
Der fcr the vest eeast Of South America.
ADegiean bark Emma II. Crowali has
hauled In alongside the mlll wharf, and
will commence loading her cargo to-
morrow for Valparaiso, Chill.
Captain 0lAzieF, Of the American
from Port Madiaon for San FFanoicoo,
Of illness. Oaptkin ]. II. Cameron, for.
merry master Of tbs tug Tacoma and
nov manager Of tbs Uo-OoeFativo Steve
She vessel to San Francisco.
American bark Theobald, Capt. Reed,
loading lumber al Fort Gamble for San
Francisco, will be ready 50 sail about
the latter part Of this week.
AAAtNNAMtM 03NAH4tAMN AAA1AANA&e GHH-
lain Cutler. loading lumber a. Port
LudloV for Honolulu, will b ready 70
sail this week for her destination.
American ship Bohemia, Captain
rrask, 1868 toua, now a. San Francisco,
has been chartered TO load cesl at De-
partuFe Bay for san Pedro She will
carry 200 tons. Rate. eS.B.
American ship AmsFie4. 206l tons.
Captain Small, now ~ San Francisco,
has been chartered 20 lead cargo Of
coal 81 Departure By for San FFausieo,
American ship Mount Washington,
ltt2 tons. Captain Rose. new ct Port
Anaeios. made the trip from San Fran
cisco la ~ days. Sac Wili load Q return
cargo Of coal on The Sound.
MP. Charles DAVIS. formerly iuspeotoI
Of Customs undef Captain Beecher, has
accepted position IS nrst ofiieer Of the
Edith. Captain Oliver. formerly hrsI
olioeF of the Edith, " nou drst ofiicol
Of che tue Richard Hoiyoke.
A heavy eouiheaHa sale 10 hlowtng,
Bark Emosa 7. Crowell dragged anchors
aad did oonsiderable damage 10 The
aawmill wharf. Tna Mognl 10 towine
her oul 10 q safe anchorage.
Steamship Mexieo arrived 81 .. a
and ran up 10 The had Of TIE bag. IL 4
| impossible 10 land ~ the DOCK.
Schooner Arago arrived from Pof
Blaksly. lumber laaen Tor San Fran
cisoo.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-18

q. p. Cola, Of Henderson, Bay, 10 10 be
oapsein Of Tacoma's nsw propeller
Bessie.
JEANNE Winsten and the Pyks Opera
Company viii appear Tn Tacoma on
nsxt Tcursaay In The Oath Of Love. {"
Mr.. Nelson Macpherson Will probably
remain In the ofsos Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Company at Tacoma.
Mr.. Leigh b. FRESHMAN. editor Of the
WashingIos Farmer, vas IN Tacoma
yesterday.
Lieutenant 81. I. Mayo, Of the United
States Coast Survey, exsmined tbs Lis-
tsF machine shop and iron works in
Tacoma recently.
A movement b on feet 70 establish Q
Tacoma braBeh Of The IFish Land
League. Captain w. d. 0'roole, State
Delegate for WashinRtsn Terrirery, 10
expected there II few days 10 edeot
the organization.
Chapman 4 Burma, Of Tacoma, have
cleared up ga, 000 out Of their oontEact
on the Cascade division Of the Northern
Pacific. They put 10 5000 plant and
cold it out for $4,000.
The Tacoma Baptist church vas
slightly damaged on last Saturday By
rocks thrown BY Q blast 90 Ninth street,
In front OF the building.
II. A. Thomas, United States Indian
inspector, IL nov examining the seeer-
walton schools In the neighboFhood Of
Tacoma.
A revival 10 being experienced In the
Tacoma ehurehes. The churches we're
ell well nl'ed on last Sunday.
The bark Memnon, Captain n lrdbsFe.
arrived u Tacoma en- Sunday night.
She will load South Prairie coal.
Nine prisoners In ths Pierce County
iail recently endeavoEsd 10 escape. They
had nearly succeeded IN cutting . hole
through the hoer Of the corridor when
discovered. Tue TALLER took from them
9 collection Of tools, consisting OF two
saws made Of corset steel, small die,
an old razor. two pocket knives, and
pisce Of wire.
Rev. J. =. Devore is lying quite III al
bis home In Tacoma.
General Adna Anderson. Of the North
Pacific, arrived af Tacoma on Sunday
night 10 his private Gar. he wih make
that city his headquarters hereafter.
10. Mann. Mayor Of Tacoma. has
vetoed an ordinance passed By the Gen
mon Coancil. granting 10 Nelson Ben
nstt and his associates q strest railway
franchise il that city. The Mayors
chief objection to she eEdiaanoe 10 that
10 10 Q special Lag and the making Of
saeh special lsws IL agaioss en- act Of
Congress approved July 80, 1856. He
cites other objections 70 the ordinance.